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                     AASM – 4% Desaturation Criterion is Acceptable for Scoring Hypopneas
September 16, 2013
                     
                        DARIEN, IL – In late August, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) indefinitely suspended the requirement for accredited sleep centers to score hypopneas according to the 3% oxygen desaturation criterion. The AASM continues to recommend                     
					                   
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                     AASM: 4% Desaturation Criterion is Acceptable for Scoring Hypopneas
September 16, 2013
                     
                        DARIEN, IL – In late August, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) indefinitely suspended the requirement for accredited sleep centers to score hypopneas according to the 3% oxygen desaturation criterion. The AASM continues to recommend                     
					                   
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                     Sleep Woes Know No Borders
September 9, 2013
                     
                        WASHINGTON, DC – Americans are not alone when it comes to poor sleep and/or sleep disordered breathing. In an international poll from the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), Japan and the United States reported the least amount of sleep. Specifica                     
					                   
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                     Another Acquisition for Sleep Nation
September 2, 2013
                     
                        NASHVILLE, TN – Sleep Nation Inc picked up another CPAP business last week, the 43rd such acquisition in the nationwide provider’s 16-month history. Billed as a “national provider of CPAP supplies,” the asset purchase marked the company�                     
					                   
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                     CPAP as Alternative Asthma Treatment?
August 19, 2013
                     
                        NEW YORK, NY – Add asthma to the growing list of diseases that may be helped by CPAP. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that CPAP machines could indeed become an alternative treatment for those with asthma. No less than The American Lung Assoc                     
					                   
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                     3B Medical Responds to ResMed Legal Action
August 19, 2013
                     
                        LAKE WALES, FL – Southern California-based ResMed made headlines earlier this month when it filed a complaint against 3B Medical Inc alleging patent infringement. Tom Thayer, Sr., president of 3B Medical Inc, fired back last week calling the le